Sixth Mahathir cabinet

Sixth Mahathir cabinet
14th Cabinet of Malaysia
Date formed	15 December 1999
Date dissolved	2 November 2003
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (1999–2001) Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (2001–2003)
Head of government	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy head of government	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Member parties	Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Chinese Association United Traditional Bumiputera Party Malaysian Indian Congress Malaysian People's Movement Party Sarawak Native People's Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party Sarawak National Party United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation Liberal Democratic Party Sabah Progressive Party United Sabah Party (from 2002) Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (from 2002)
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Democratic Action Party People's Justice Party United Sabah Party (1999–2002)
Opposition leader	Fadzil Noor (1999–2002) Abdul Hadi Awang (2002–2003)
History
Election	1999 Malaysian general election
Legislature term	10th Malaysian Parliament
Budgets	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Predecessor	Fifth Mahathir cabinet
Successor	First Abdullah cabinet

Mahathir Mohamad formed the sixth Mahathir cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah to begin a new government following the 29 November 1999 general election in Malaysia. Prior to the election, Mahathir led (as Prime Minister) the fifth Mahathir cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional. It was the 14th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence.

This is a list of the members of the sixth cabinet of the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad.

Composition

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party		Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Prime Minister	Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP		UMNO	Kubang Pasu	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Prime Minister	Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP		UMNO	Kepala Batas	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Dato' Seri Utama Rais Yatim MP		UMNO	Jelebu	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Othman			Senator		29 September 2001
	Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia		AKAR UMNO			21 November 2002
	Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok MP		UPKO	Kinabalu		2 November 2003
	Dato' Seri Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin		UMNO	Senator	17 January 2001
	Dato' Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor				21 November 2002
Minister with Special Functions	Tun Daim Zainuddin MP		UMNO	Merbok	15 December 1999	31 May 2001
Minister of Finance	Tun Daim Zainuddin MP		UMNO	Merbok	15 December 1999	31 May 2001
	Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP			Kubang Pasu	5 June 2001	2 November 2003
	Dato' Jamaluddin Jarjis MP			Rompin	20 November 2002
Minister of Defence	Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak MP		UMNO	Pekan	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Home Affairs	Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP		UMNO	Kepala Batas	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Dato' Seri Rafidah Aziz MP		UMNO	Kuala Kangsar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Education	Tan Sri Musa Mohamad		UMNO	Senator	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Tan Sri Datuk Kasitah Gaddam		UMNO	Senator	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Transport	Dato' Seri Ling Liong Sik MP		MCA	Labis	15 December 1999	23 May 2003
	Dato' Sri Chan Kong Choy MP			Selayang	1 July 2003	2 November 2003
Minister of Agriculture	Dato Sri Mohd Effendi Norwawi MP		PBB	Kuala Rajang	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Health	Dato' Chua Jui Meng MP		MCA	Bakri	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Dato' Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir MP		UMNO	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting MP		MCA	Pontian	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Dato' Syed Hamid Albar MP		UMNO	Kota Tinggi	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Human Resources	Datuk Wira Fong Chan Onn MP		MCA	Selandar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin MP		UMNO	Pagoh	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz MP		UMNO	Chenderoh	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Rural Development	Dato' Azmi Khalid MP		UMNO	Padang Besar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Works	Dato' Seri Samy Vellu MP		MIC	Sungai Siput	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Dato' Seri Law Hieng Ding MP		SUPP	Sarikei	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Dato Sri Leo Moggie Irok MP		PBDS	Kanowit	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Primary Industries	Dato' Seri Lim Keng Yaik MP		Gerakan	Beruas	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Dato' Siti Zaharah Sulaiman MP		UMNO	Paya Besar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Women and Family Development	Dato' Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil MP		UMNO	Lembah Pantai	29 September 2001	2 November 2003
Minister of Youth and Sports	Dato' Hishammuddin Hussein MP		UMNO	Tenggara	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Information	Dato' Sri Mohd Khalil Yaakob MP		UMNO	Kuantan	15 December 1999	2 November 2003

Deputy ministers

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party		Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Dato' Seri Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar MP		UMNO	Jerantut	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Dato' Shahrizat Abdul Jalil MP			Lembah Pantai		17 January 2001
	Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas MP		PBB	Betong
	Dato' Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor		UMNO	Senator	17 January 2001	21 November 2002
Deputy Minister of Finance	Dato' Shafie Salleh MP		UMNO	Kuala Langat	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Dato' Chan Kong Choy MP		MCA	Selayang		1 July 2003
	Dato' Ng Yen Yen MP			Raub	1 July 2003	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Defence	Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal MP		UMNO	Semporna	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Dato' Zainal Abidin Zin MP		UMNO	Bagan Serai	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry	Dato' Seri Kerk Choo Ting MP		Gerakan	Taiping	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Education	Dato' Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin MP		UMNO	Senator	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Han Choon Kim MP		MCA	Seremban
Deputy Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Tan Kee Kwong MP		Gerakan	Segambut	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Transport	Tan Sri Dato' Seri Diraja Ramli Ngah Talib MP		UMNO	Pasir Salak	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas MP		PBB	Betong	29 September 2001
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Dato' Seri Mohd Shariff Omar MP		UMNO	Tasek Gelugor	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Health	Dato' Seri Suleiman Mohamed MP		UMNO	Titiwangsa	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Dato' Fu Ah Kiow MP		MCA	Mentakab	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government	Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui MP		SUPP	Miri	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Datuk M. Kayveas		PPP	Senator	29 September 2001
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Datuk Leo Michael Toyad MP		PBB	Mukah	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Human Resources	Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad MP		UMNO	Mersing	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Dato' Subramaniam Sinniah MP		MIC	Segamat	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Dato' Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos MP		UMNO	Jempol	21 November 2002	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Rural Development	Dato' Palanivel Govindasamy MP		MIC	Hulu Selangor	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Works	Dato' Mohamed Khaled Nordin MP		UMNO	Johor Bahru	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Dato' Zainal Dahlan MP		UMNO	Sabak Bernam	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Datuk Tan Chai Ho MP		MCA	Bandar Tun Razak	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	Datuk Anifah Aman MP		UMNO	Beaufort	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Datuk Tiki Lafe MP		SNAP	Mas Gading	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports	Datuk Ong Tee Keat MP		MCA	Ampang Jaya	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Information	Dato' Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos MP		UMNO	Jempol	15 December 1999	21 November 2002
	Dato' Zainuddin Maidin			Senator	21 November 2002	2 November 2003

See also

• Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 10th Malaysian Parliament
• List of parliamentary secretaries of Malaysia#Sixth Mahathir cabinet